Léctio Epístolæ primæ beáti Pauli apóstoli ad Corínthios
(7,32-35)
Fratres: Volo autem vos sine sollicitúdine esse. Qui sine uxóre est, sollícitus est, quæ Dómini sunt, quómodo pláceat Dómino; qui autem cum uxóre est, sollícitus est, quæ sunt mundi, quómodo pláceat uxóri, et divísus est. Et múlier innúpta et virgo cógitat, quæ Dómini sunt, ut sit sancta et córpore et spíritu; quæ autem nupta est, cógitat, quæ sunt mundi, quómodo pláceat viro. Porro hoc ad utilitátem vestram dico, non ut láqueum vobis iníciam, sed ad id quod honéstum est, et ut assídue cum Dómino sitis sine distractióne.
Brethren: I would have you to be without carefulness. He that is without a wife, is careful for the things that pertain to our Lord, how he may please God. But he that is with a wife, is careful for the things that pertain to the world, how he may please his wife: and he is divided. And the woman unmarried & the virgin, thinketh on the things that pertain to our Lord: that she may be holy both in body and in spirit. But she that is married, thinketh on the things that pertain to the world, how she may please her husband. And this I speak to your profit: not to cast a snare upon you, but to that which is honest, & that may give you power without impediment to attend upon our Lord.
